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redress, n. reparation, amends, indemnification, relief.
reduce, v. diminish, lower, degrade, minimize, depress, debase; humble, conquer, subdue, vanquish, subjugate, subject.
reduction, n. diminution, abatement, minimization, decrement, debas.e.m.e.nt; subjugation, subjection, conquest, subdual, overthrow.
redundance, n. superabundance, superfluity, excess, plethora.
redundant, a. superabundant, superfluous, excessive, plethoric.
reecho, n. reverberation.--v. reverberate, resound, peal.
reek, n. fume, vapor, exhalation, effluvium, steam.
reeking, a. fumy, vaporous, steaming, smoky.
reel, v. stagger.
refer, v. allude.
referable, a. attributable, ascribable, traceable, a.s.signable.
referee, n. umpire, judge, arbitrator, arbiter.
refine, v. purify, defecate, clarify, sublimate, subtilize, sublime, devulgarize, decra.s.sify.
refined, a. exquisite, polished, fine, well-bred, courtly, cultured; purified, sublimated, subtle, subtilized.
refinement, n. culture, elegance, polish, fastidiousness; purification, sublimation, subtility, clarification, tenuity. Antonyms: vulgarity, coa.r.s.eness, crudity, barbarity, Philistinism.
reflect, v. mirror; rebound, revert; meditate, ruminate, consider, contemplate.
reflection, n. meditation, contemplation, rumination; stricture, animadversion.
reforestization, n. reforesting, reafforestation, reboising.
reforestize, v. reafforest, reboise.
reform, v. reclaim, regenerate, convert, amend.
reformable, a. corrigible. Antonym: irreformable.
reformation, n. reform, reclamation, betterment, improvement.
refraction, n. deflection.
refractory, a. See unruly.
refrain, v. restrain, curb, check; forbear, abstain, desist.
refresh, v. revive, enliven, reanimate; renovate, renew, restore.
refres.h.i.+ng, a. reviving, reanimating, cooling, reinvigorating, refective.
refreshment, n. collation, lunch, refection, regalement.
refuge, n. stronghold, asylum, retreat, covert; shelter, protection, security, guard; expedient, device, s.h.i.+ft, resort.
refugee, n. fugitive, runaway.
refund, v. repay, return, restore.
refusal, n. dissent, denial, non-acceptance, negation; option, preemption.
refuse, v. deny, decline; reject, rebuff, repulse.
refuse, n. offal, dregs, offsc.u.m, garbage, f.a.g-ends, recrement, riffraff, lees, dross, draff, offscouring, rubbish, waste, culls.
refutable, a. confutable. Antonym: irrefutable.
refutation, n. confutation, disproof.
refute, v. confute, disprove.
regain, v. recover, retrieve.
regal, a. kingly, royal.
regale, v. feast, entertain, gratify.
regalia, n. pl. insignia.
regard, v. heed, observe, consider.
regard, n. respect, esteem, estimation, opinion; respect, reference, relation; heed, attention, observation, notice. Antonyms: disregard, heedlessness. See disregard.
regardful, a. mindful, heedful, attentive, observant.
regardless, a. heedless, careless, unmindful, inattentive, indifferent.
regards, n. pl. compliments, respects.
region, n. district, quarter, locality, neighborhood, vicinity.
register, n. list, roll, schedule, roster; registrar, recorder.
register, v. record, enroll, matriculate.
registration, n. registry, enrollment, matriculation.
